This feels like an elegy about the death of a loved one, a funeral and the deep feeling of loss. The call was made to pull the shades, about being informed of the death, with the 'something new', being life without them.
People in the corridor, the flowers, are the funeral setting, possibly be in a place out of town or around people that did not know the deceased well "Miles away from places you have been" Or maybe the afterlife.
Wide awake encased in a dream could be the sense of mourning and remembering, or a reference to life after death and also the body 'encased' in the casket.
'Your Grace' would be a pastor, and -only to say: 'nothing takes the place' of the departed would be the eulogy.
The last two verses and way he sings "nothing takes the place" is heart breaking. All the 'you do's really sink in after repeated listenings.
These and the other imagery and references may be indirect and poetic and so not literal. The rest would follow this interpretation. - D.
This feels like an elegy about the death of a loved one, a funeral and the deep feeling of loss. The call was made to pull the shades, about being informed of the death, with the 'something new', being life without them.
People in the corridor, the flowers, are the funeral setting, possibly be in a place out of town or around people that did not know the deceased well "Miles away from places you have been" Or maybe the afterlife.
Wide awake encased in a dream could be the sense of mourning and remembering, or a reference to life after death and also the body 'encased' in the casket.
'Your Grace' would be a pastor, and -only to say: 'nothing takes the place' of the departed would be the eulogy.
The last two verses and way he sings "nothing takes the place" is heart breaking. All the 'you do's really sink in after repeated listenings.
These and the other imagery and references may be indirect and poetic and so not literal. The rest would follow this interpretation. - D.
@david11449 It’s about Alzheimer’s or dementia and their significant other.
@david11449 It’s about Alzheimer’s or dementia and their significant other.
“The ones they say have come here before all gather 'round in the corridor”
“The ones they say have come here before all gather 'round in the corridor”
They’ve been there before they say: family visiting.
They’ve been there before they say: family visiting.
“I can't seem to place your name, Nor the face that I can't explain, In my mind you're everything” “ The more you see the less you know”.
“I can't seem to place your name, Nor the face that I can't explain, In my mind you're everything” “ The more you see the less you know”.
You feel like you know them, but you can’t quite grasp it. This happens with extreme memory loss.
You feel like you know them, but you can’t quite grasp it. This happens with extreme memory loss.
“The seasons change, My mind erased, The stars all fade, But one remains the same” “Nothing makes me feel...
“The seasons change, My mind erased, The stars all fade, But one remains the same” “Nothing makes me feel the way you do”
A loved one his memory refuses to forget.